When most people think of the Harlem Renaissance , they probably summon the names of its major literary and visual atists-- Langston Hugh...

Rutgers-Newark Labor Day  has come and gone, and in its wake the school year is off and racing. In addition to chairing African America...

The behemoth strikes again. By behemoth, I mean Amazon , the global retailing corporation that also is the world's largest bookstore ,...

(Source: Instagram user hotdudesreading , from PopSugar ) Perhaps five year ago when, at hiring and committee meetings, readings, or d...

What is art? What is "good" art? What do we mean by "good" when we speak of art? Does "good" here equa...

UPDATE: October 23, 2013:  It appears the police, no fans of Banksy, may have shut him down, even if temporarily. Today on his Better Out t...

"When the scale of a human presence scattered across vast spaces seems unconceptualizable, as also the utter simplicity of certain g...

"More soon" turned into "nearly a month later." (Maybe I should retitle this blog "Notes from the Underground"...

Several quick notes: today is C's birthday ; as I had the pleasure of wishing him personally, Happy Birthday! At Firedoglake , there...